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| Peter Sellers | ... | Pearly Gates | |
| Lionel Jeffries | ... | Inspector Parker | |
| Bernard Cribbins | ... | Nervous O'Toole | |
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Davy Kaye | ... | Trainer King |
| Nanette Newman | ... | Valerie | |
| Bill Kerr | ... | Jack Coombes | |
| Ed Devereaux | ... | Bluey May | |
| Reg Lye | ... | Reg Denton | |
| John Le Mesurier | ... | Assistant Commissioner | |
| Graham Stark | ... | Sid Cooper | |
| Martin Boddey | ... | Superintendent Forest | |
| Irene Browne | ... | Dowager | |
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Arthur Mullard | ... | Brassknuckles |
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Dermot Kelly | ... | Misery Martin |
| Vanda Godsell | ... | Annette | |
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The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that goes one better. They dress as Police Officers and steal from the crooks. This upset's the natural order of the Police/criminal relationship, and the Police and the crooks join forces to catch the impersonating Police Officers, including an armored car robbery in which the Police must help the gangs to set a trap. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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police | robbery | sewing machine | reference to paul gauguin | woman wearing a grass skirt |Taglines:
Meet the Mastermind Who Pulls the Strings in the Underworld...and all his mobs and dolls...filling the London fog with laughter and lunacy!!!Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
17 May 1963 (Ireland) See more »Also Known As:
Falesná ruka zákona See more »Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
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1.66 : 1
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Written by Arthur Le Clerq, Frederick Malcolm and Elvin Hedges
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The cast for this movie plays like a who's who of British comedy. See more »Goofs
When Inspector Parker and the other police officers arrive at Battersea Fun Fair to meet Pearly Gates, their taxis park in front of a generator lorry that was being used for lighting the scenes, and was not associated with the fun fair. See more »Quotes
Jack Coombes: They shipped enough crooks out to Australia. It's about time they had a few back here!See more »
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Oh Charley, Take It Away(uncredited)
Written by Arthur Le Clerq, Frederick Malcolm and Elvin Hedges
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This is one of my favourite films - although I agree Peter Sellers does not steal the show (for once), its the whole cast and their interaction which makes this film so special.
Lionel Jeffries gives a brilliant performance as an inept policeman and Bernard Cribbins role as 'Pearly Gates' gang-lord rival is superb. The plot is well covered on this site, but I would like to add that the robbery on the security van was filmed in Mill Rd, Uxbridge (by the canal bridge - the shop&pub are still there) and I think the airfield was Denham (again nr. Uxbridge).
A brilliant film - They just don't make 'em like that anymore!
On a similar thread I would recommend Norman Wisdom in 'On the Beat'- one of his best performances in my opinion, and Sellers again in 'Two-way stretch' if you're looking for a good laugh.